This Saturday, May 5th, people will gather at comic book shops around the world to celebrate Free Comic Book Day! Don’t forget to pick up CBLDF’s Defend Comics, featuring a special Reading Without Walls cover by…
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May the Force be With You! Star Wars GNs Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is celebrating Star Wars Day with some stellar signed graphic novels including Star Wars: Han Solo HC signed by Jason Aaron; Star Wars: Darth Vader by Gillen & Larroca Omnibus, signed by Kieron Gillen; Star Wars Volume One HC, signed by Jason Aaron or John Cassaday; Star…
2 Oregon School Districts Leave Reading Competition Over Trans Character
Two Oregon School districts have determined that they will not allow 3rd – 5th graders to participate in Oregon’s Battle of the Books this year, due to the inclusion of Alex Gino’s frequently contested book about a…
Brand-New C2E2 2018 Shirts Now Available!
We’re excited to announce that we’re giving our donors another chance to grab our brand-new C2E2 Exclusive Shirts, designed by Rebekah Isaacs! Show your support for free speech with one of the comfy t-shirts below, featuring the designs of Simon Hanselmann, Brian Wood, Tony Shasteen, and…
Celebrate Children’s Book Week!
This week, April 30 – May 6th, is the annual celebration of children’s literacy, Children’s Book Week. A massive celebration each year that has events at libraries, bookstores, schools, and comic shops around the country!…
Freedom of Press Facing Global Deterioration
Last week, Reporters Without Borders released the 2018 World Press Freedom Index, and increasingly it seems that Freedom of the Press is under attack globally. The report demonstrates “growing animosity towards…
Turkish Cartoonist one of 14 Convicted on Terrorism Charges
In a verdict certain to have a chilling effect on journalism in Turkey, political cartoonist Musa Kart and 13 of his fellow staffers were sentenced to jail this week. The defendants all worked for Cumhuriyet, a Turkish newspaper critical of…
Join CBLDF at Powell’s for Talk about Kids Comics
Join CBLDF Deputy Director, Alex Cox, this Saturday, April 28th at 2 pm, as he leads a discussion at Powell’s Bookshop in Portland with four children’s graphic novelists and illustrators. The creators include Graham Annable with Peter and Ernesto: A Tale…
Celebrate the 2018 Eisner Nominees with GNs Signed by Emil Ferris, Ed Piskor, Tillie Walden, & More!
This year’s Eisner Nominations were just announced, and CBLDF is celebrating by offering our donors signed copies of these fantastic graphic novels, including My Favorite Thing is Monsters signed by Emil Ferris; X-Men: Grand Design signed by Ed Piskor; Spinning signed by Tillie Walden; plus a slew of excellent…
CBLDF Wins Intellectual Freedom Champion Award — With Audio!
“In the intellectual freedom community, our job is to change the world one mind at a time.” – Charles Brownstein of CBLDF At the 2018 Oregon Library Association annual…
Egyptian Author Fined for Sexually Explicit Excerpt
Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji was fined LE 20,000 following his third trial for “harming public morality” by republishing an excerpt from his experimental book Using Life (also known as Use of Life) in 2014. Naji…
Comic & Graphic Novel ALA Group Needs Your Help!
Back in December, it was announced that comic books and the librarians who love them will soon have more support from the creation of a Graphic Novels & Comics in Libraries Round Table. The current incarnation of the group, Graphic…
Full Bleed Sneak Peek: Catching Up with the Hernandez Brothers
Our neighbors and friends at IDW: PDX are putting together their second issue of Full Bleed: The Comics & Culture Quarterly. The Kickstarter funded, hardcover magazine is curated and edited by IDW’s Dirk Wood and Ted Adams — who joined CBLDF’s Board…
CBLDF Reception for The Art of MARCH
CBLDF cordially invites every student, teacher, art lover, activist, and free speech defender to join us for: The Art of MARCH: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Reception May 4 – 6:30 – 9PM Join Nate Powell, artist of the…
Charlie Hedbo Cartoonist Among Honored at Free Expression Awards
This year was the third annual Free Expression Awards, an honor designed by the Newseum and Newseum Institute in Washington, D.C. to recognize those who exhibit and inspire excellence and courage with their free speech. The winners this year included French cartoonist Laurent…